The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-13

we'll dressed. Most Of hi- subjects omi
the shirt, and it il more common thar
otherwise for men and women both 10 q
! the wear around naked to the waist.
The pigs, the chickens and the babie.
all stand on an equality in the palace
and It isa question which fares best. The
heir to the throne Of Mosquito has tc
struggle for his bread, for he does not sit
af a mahogany table and eat with a gold.
en- spoon of silver plate, but has it dung
20 him A. be crawis on the floor, and #
he doesn't grab il quickly the pigs or the
chickens viii get it frs. The king does
not ride in a chariot nor i he waited upon
by lorilly looking servants in livery. He
+ walks when he goes anywhere, and hasn I
seen any vehicle but an oxcart since he
came from Jamaica, nearly twenty wears
ago. His wife and mother 90 their own
cooking, and Use an iron kettle hanging
over fire out doors for every dish. Just
a. farmers wives III the United >iat.~
make soap.
His majesty seldom getsa beef-,eak. and
doubt II he knows whata lamb chop i
but he Is fond Of monkey meat and eats
it as often and likes ii just Is well as we
do chicken. And he has Al abundance
OF what We in the United states consider
one Of the luxuries. green turtle Al
BIrwfelgis for d dollar one can buy tur-
ties enough TO giyea hundred people a
hearty meal, and the meat Is as delicious
as ulortal- ever tasted.
Besides monkeys and turtles, the king
has plenty of oysters to eat, with bread
fruit bananas, and great many other
delicious fruits that We know nothing
about. y they are % delicate that they
cannot be brought away from the country
He smokes cigarettes constantly. while
his wife. the queen, and his mother, the
d8wager smoke cigars when they can get
them. The ladies of the family cannot
read and there Is small chance OF the
little princesSes and princes learning. IN
less they "a to the Moravian school
The Sioravidns o- United Brethren.
have several missions in the Mosquito
Kingdom. and have done a great deal Of
good here. and have got many Of the In
dians 10 improve their style Of living to
wear clothes. To be neat and modest, tenn
pera5e and industrious The natives have
found Jut that they can be great deal
more comfortable and happier by adopt
ing the fashions Of civilized people, ami
ara now getting anxious 10 have their
children 20 TO school instead of walIowing
in the dir all day
The Mosquitoes have some queer Gus
toms. They DO not have any wedding a.
we 40 but the little boys and girls are be-
trothed by their parents when they are
ten or eleven years old. Tiny boy. 4s soon
as l.is wife Is selected goes TO her fathers
house 70 live, and remains there until
they. are married unless It happens that
they do not ike each other. in which ease
he goes 80 his old home, and his father
hooks for some other girl. This way has
lis advantages, as the husband and wife
have . chance 10 get acquainted before
they are married.
Their funerals are quite As curious
When anyone dies, the place Of burial IS
at once selected and cotton thread or
cord i stretched from the grave TO the
house, no matter how far it may be, or
what obstacles are in the road. After the
burial everything that belonged 10 the
dead person l. burned and if he owned
any animal, they lre killed over the
grave. a. the people believe the dead
need ali they had in this world IN the
other. They never speak of the dead
and DO not think Of them if it j. possible
10 forget The belief Is that to speak ola
dead man will awaken MS spirit The
widows and the widowers marry again Is
soon a. they can. often the same day as
the funeral, as that they think, viii assist
them 10 forget the dead. and it naturally
Is elective Pifamrgi Cir1picl T,tU7pi